Introducing Thunder to an Online Class I'm Taking

Virtual Caribbeana

Last Sunday Virtual Pioneers visited Virtual Caribbeana with Oronoque Westland. It's a little build but full of information. We needed her to point it all out. 

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Virtual Pioneers gather in a common area while Oronoque organizes us.

Cyrus and others cram into a small hut with only a primitive bed.

Outside the hut was Anancy the spider, ready with a link to his stories online.

OOH! There he is now with Oronoque.

Underwater there is information about how important water, and cleaning the water, is to the Caribbean.

Look out for the local sea life!

The oil industry is alive and well here. What did Oronoque say? It's both a blessing and a curse for this area.

Here we are in a classroom. Cyrus and I grabbed two of the only three computers.

Not that we wouldn't share, but we were just drawn in.

Immediately.

And couldn't tear ourselves away.

Huh? Is someone talking? I'm busy in 3rd Life...

Seraph City on a Bicycle Built for Two

Saturday I was invited by a friend to visit two sims with 1920s themes. I put on period clothes because these are role play sims. I like to fit it so I don't distract anyone playing or making machinima. There is a free outfit available for ladies and one for men here. I bought mine at the 1920s Berlin sim. 

Seraph City calls itself "the best dieselpunk city of yesterday's future" where you can enjoy an era of Art Deco and prohibition, take a stroll down our streets to find the finest vintage shopping, entertainment and light roleplay opportunities available.

Mali Griot on VSTE Island

The photos are in the opposite order than when they were taken, but here are some shots of the Mali meeting.

Lyn Carlberg

Earlier this week I ran into Lyn Carlberg on one of my favorite sims, Serenite. I was looking for free small, almost barren looking trees for my Mali build and he was looking for a cauldron. Seeing the sim was not empty I used radar to see who was there. When I say Lyn's name I instant messaged him immediately. LOL! He doesn't know me from Adam, but I know him as one of my favorite live musicians since my early days in SL. I went to his SL wedding reception, the first I'd ever seen. He tells me that was nearly three years ago.

 

I have looked for his name in the event listing several times and never saw him so I thought he'd left SL, hence my excitement when I saw him. 

He told me when his next concert was to be, I promised to go, and then missed it, of course! The day after that I IMed him and asked to be added to his group so I don't miss the next one. 

He's Welsh and plays guitar. He has a soft, sweet style with a delicious accent. Look him up if you are in the mood for swaying beside a friend to some good tunes and a happy feeling.

Leko's Talents

Tonight I spent a pleasant time getting to know Leko better. What better way to start a new year than making a new friend a better friend. Leko is very enthusiastic about SL. He's a theater designer and professor in RL and teaches at the school from which I graduated. Today he was excited to show me his Moulin Rouge theater and his SL home. This is the former. I'm dancing in a chair on the stage!

This is part of his house. He's done an amazing job with textures of his own design for both buildings. I got some good ideas for using my kaleidoscope iPhone app for some geometric designs for SL from him. This piece of art is from a photograph he took of a foreign dancer. It's quite dramatic.

He shares his home with his partner, Molly, who lives in the UK. It's nice to have friends with girlfriends in Europe.  They are not looking for anything but friendship and are free to talk and explore when their partners have gone to bed, by 6 PM our time. :)

This is Leko and Molly's outdoor area. On this video viewer he showed me a You Tube video of a gentleman he knows running a public high school for inner city schools with a multimillion dollar budget he raises himself. They create pottery for the Vatican, recorded Jazz artists for history, and hold patents on various products or processes. It was interesting to talk to Leko on many subjects. He is a passionate person.

any1's Saturday Morning Classes

These classes are taught on Saturday mornings and advertised through ISTE so I've managed to hit two or three of them right after my docent duty. any1 is a CNN iReporter and helps others become better at SL photography and blogging so they can contribute as well.

 

The class is all text, no voice, and participants discuss a series of photos taken by any1 and friends of hers. It is sort of a plus, delta review. I usually think most of the photos are pretty good. any1 and her photographic journalist friends do a lot to enhance photos before publishing. My photos here are untouched. Maybe I should consider that in the future.

 

Josain is often at these classes, being an early bird. They must be at 7 am his time!  I liked this photo. Some folks are bothered by "cut off" limbs but I think the focus is elsewhere and it doesn't matter a lot if a foot or elbow is missing.

 

any1 gives great handouts, a folder of information that would almost allow you to reteach the class yourself. I applaud her generosity.